The Pope and the Mufti

Pope John Paul, who celebrated his eighty-first birthday this week, is a man in a hurry. In the twilight days of his long papacy, he is expanding the perspective of his by now traditional pastoral visits around the world and he is laying down markers for the future. These concern the future relations of the Roman Catholic Church both with the separated Orthodox Christian Churches, and with the other monotheistic religions, Islam and Judaism.

Hence the first-ever visit this month by a pope to a mosque, the impressive Great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. Twenty years ago it would have been inconceivable that a pope from Rome should remove his shoes, put on white slippers and traverse one of the great Holy Places of Islam for a meeting with the Grand Mufti and other clerics in the courtyard of the mosque.
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: May 19, 2001 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=6735
Categories: The Tablet • In this article: Christian, Christianity, Islam, John Paul II, Orthodox Transmis : 19 mai 2001 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=6735
Catégorie : The Tablet • Dans cet article : Christian, Christianity, Islam, John Paul II, Orthodox

A common tongue

On Monday 29 March I left Glasgow for the third Building Bridges seminar convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury and hosted by John J. DeGioia, president of Georgetown University in Washington. A few days earlier, the former Archbishop George Carey, the man responsible for hosting the first of these seminars at Lambeth Palace in 2002, had made front-page headlines after delivering a public lecture in which Islam and Muslims had come under severe criticism over a variety of political and theological issues. “It is sad to relate”, he said, “that no great invention has come for many hundred years from Muslim countries.” “During the past 500 hundred years,” he continued, “critical scholarship [in theology] has declined, leading to strong resistance to modernity.” Dr Carey added that moderate Muslims must “express strongly on behalf of the many millions of their co-religionists, their abhorrence of violence done in the name of Allah.” Much to the dismay of many Muslims and non-Muslims, in subsequent interviews, Dr Carey remained steadfast that he had not meant to offend the Muslim community.
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: April 8, 2004 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=6674
Categories: The Tablet • In this article: Archbishop of Canterbury, Christian, Christianity, George Carey, Islam, Rowan Williams Transmis : 8 avril 2004 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=6674
Catégorie : The Tablet • Dans cet article : Archbishop of Canterbury, Christian, Christianity, George Carey, Islam, Rowan Williams

International news

The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission has produced a new document on the Blessed Virgin Mary that it hopes will advance the cause of communion. The Commission submitted the document entitled “Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ” to the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and to the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury together with the Anglican
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: September 30, 2004 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=113
Categories: CCE • In this article: Centre Canadien d’œcuménisme, Islam Transmis : 30 septembre 2004 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=113
Catégorie : CCE • Dans cet article : Centre Canadien d’œcuménisme, Islam

Oasis – al-Waha – Nakhlistan

The review, Oasis/al-Waha/Nakhlistan, was launched on 7 March 2005 to promote an open and respectful dialogue with Islam, and to support Christian minorities in predominantly Muslim countries. Initially, Oasis will be published twice a year. Edited by a committee of experts from around the world, it is published in four editions: English-Arabic, English-Urdu, French-Arabic and
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: June 30, 2005 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=139
Categories: Dialogue • In this article: interfaith, Islam Transmis : 30 juin 2005 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=139
Catégorie : Dialogue • Dans cet article : interfaith, Islam

Leaders urge calm and dialogue in cartoon controversy

[Porto Alegré, Brazil • 14.02.2006] Christians and Muslims should work together to “put out the fire” caused by the controversial publication of cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed, according to Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, general secretary of the World Council of Churches. The publication of the cartoons, which first appeared last year in a Danish paper
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: February 17, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=205
Categories: News • In this article: Islam, WCC Transmis : 17 février 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=205
Catégorie : News • Dans cet article : Islam, WCC

United Church Expresses Regret over Muhammad Cartoons

[Toronto • 17.2.2006] The United Church of Canada has sent a letter to the Islamic Council of Imams expressing the church’s “deepest regret that the name of Muhammad has been so tragically misused in the depictions of cartoons first published in Europe, but now also in Canada.” The letter strongly condemns the publication of the
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: February 17, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=206
Categories: News • In this article: Canada, cartoon controversy, Islam, Islamophobia, religious hatred, United Church of Canada Transmis : 17 février 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=206
Catégorie : News • Dans cet article : Canada, cartoon controversy, Islam, Islamophobia, religious hatred, United Church of Canada

National Muslim coalition issues statement on cartoon controversy

Prominent national Canadian Muslim organizations and umbrella groups have signed an unprecedented statement praising Canada’s collective response to the cartoon controversy, saying Canada has “made Canadian Muslims proud.” “Despite a few small occurrences, Canada’s collective response to this controversy has allowed us to overcome this crisis and strengthen our democracy,” says Dr. Tyseer Aboulnasr, a
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: February 17, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=207
Categories: News • In this article: Canada, cartoon controversy, Islam, Islamophobia, religious hatred Transmis : 17 février 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=207
Catégorie : News • Dans cet article : Canada, cartoon controversy, Islam, Islamophobia, religious hatred

Muslim Canadian Congress urges Muslims to call off demonstrations

[Toronto • February 19, 2006] The Muslim Canadian Congress has condemned attacks on Churches in Pakistan and Nigeria that have led to the death of 15 Christians, including women and children. In an appeal to Muslims across the world, the Muslim Canadian Congress is urging them to resist the temptation of participating in public demonstrations
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: February 21, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=208
Categories: News • In this article: Canada, cartoon controversy, Islam, Muslim Canadian Congress Transmis : 21 février 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=208
Catégorie : News • Dans cet article : Canada, cartoon controversy, Islam, Muslim Canadian Congress

Regional news

West The South East Saskatoon Interchurch Group (SESIG) recently celebrated a fifteen-year anniversary in an interdenominational service that included readings, song and multimedia presentations. SESIG was formed in 1990 by five churches; it currently has eighteen member churches, including the Alliance, Orthodox, Pentecostal, Lutheran, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Mennonite, Baptist, United, Presbyterian, Christian Science Society and
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: March 31, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=216
Categories: CCE • In this article: Centre Canadien d’œcuménisme, Islam Transmis : 31 mars 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=216
Catégorie : CCE • Dans cet article : Centre Canadien d’œcuménisme, Islam

Mary: a meeting place for Muslims and Christians

A prominent Italian newspaper editor has appealed to Muslims to visit Marian shrines in Italy. Reminding his readers that the Qu’ran devotes an entire sura to Mary, and that Muslims and Christians jointly venerate Marian shrines in Muslim countries, Magdi Allam is puzzled why more Muslims do not visit shrines in Christian countries. Allam, an
… Read more » … lire la suite »

Posted: June 29, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=243
Categories: Dialogue • In this article: interfaith, Islam, Mary Transmis : 29 juin 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=243
Catégorie : Dialogue • Dans cet article : interfaith, Islam, Mary